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Hear Petition
Wednesday, April 26, 1944
For Removal of
St. Croix Sheriff
liceman makes the collections, he
said.
Reads Clerks' Statement
Rector also placed in evidence
the report of the town of Spring-
field, covering the fiscal year ended
March 23, 1944. which listed "slot
machine tax" receipts from three
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jagged metal of the seat and could
not handle the controls.
Kapotas, facing the taft, vung
his seat around and took over be-
fore the plane could go into a spin.
For 45 minutes Kapotas flew the
fast combat plane until he reached
the flattop, but he did not have
enough experience to attempt the
persons amounting to $413. Rec- landing on the deck. Although
tar said the town has no ordinance Washington --(U.P.)-- The navy weak from loss of blood, Ensign
licensing slot machines, told today how Aviation Radioman Gildea summoned hLslastouneeof MONTGOMERY WARD'S REPLY
Mrs. Madaline Mondor of New 1:c George E. Kapotas, 19, of South strength to make the landing. The -
Richmond was questioned at length Minneapolis, Minn., took over the moment the wheels touched the
deck, he' cut the switch and passed
Madison, Wis. -- I -- Addi- I by Rector but beyond identifying controls of a damaged dive bomber
tional testimony of open slot ma- her signature on an income tax re- when the pilot was wounded durin out, the navy saicu
chine operations in St. Croix coun-' turn said she could not shed any a recent central Pacific action and .'7-" -- .
tyndfcagvernmentaunits]ightnwheretheincmecameIewthepanebakitscarrier |' yOU --'" TO THE
collecting fees on them was in the from. She said she did not know The pilot -- Ensign John T G'il lm A drab- @
record as the hearing on a petition anything about the St. Croix Nov- den 20 Denver Cola -- landed U
for removal of Sheriff Georgel elty company, or that she was a the'ple then lost consciousness lw" .vr
Evans continued today, partner in it, or where the profits Kapota's had some general know- tt
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• a.. en, as commistsoner is con- ," "" nti-aircraft fire hit Gildea's lr.tmm's ,8=e of the
ducting the hearing for the gay- ne: ............ Dauntless dive bomber during a b: home w to get lion lnto'fi
ernor. Deputy Attorney General I .ne sam that up to the nrs.t OZ mission and fragments tore through blood...IRn.:.aam'm "lble am also fs-
Ward Rector is handlino the ____eal nc year her nusoana, nan )uKel the floor of the forward cockn'lt, manta°tin" .ne.ve.nmpta@mof Zu_ ..on.
..... . ....... I boxe slot machines =nd such de- u ........... . ry asmmrnaucea c€uae m tacit
or Ine peuuoners---orneiluS w.] . -,. .. . , [splintering the mlca(tle seat ann mootammeateetoaootwmms'#mmt
Lofgren and Spencer W. Yate& and wees m ew zcnmona, severely wounding the pilot. Ire .mzxrt,n$ '. JP'OUOw Mbel ditto-
C. G. Mathys of Madison. is coun-] Disappeared in Recent Weeks had to hold himself up from the rao. Wor/ trIBng.
sel for Evans I ........ [
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tedav.m°UnsCantdn?rngyeSe t dance hall inspector, said slot ma-! - '
, £,'_ ................. _g.el chines have disappeared from the
, zw ,,acuznc vvzatzun u sala [ county in recent weeks
on ance mg t ttia dhe believed citizens of the hnth,county I HeEd ardsasd he Schillinger" agot rid of themfarmerthree @ ==1-- ...--.-- WmhddseaVel:=: te:=g:feiPonfil 3
WaPn:ueld ese town of Emerald l said that he acquired slot machines ]ik [ " I "
• fin 1942 and until recently rented
farmer who doubles as bartender' out 19 or 20 in St Croix county " /11 /1 1
haddob.er:edhmachTne-.e, tnurne] LL 141/lllbU t t lection be held at an early date to
ous tavern. since the start of the or four weeks ago.
year. He said he knew such de- "What did you do with them?"
.,AT" AMERICAN HOSIERY determine the employees' choice of relresentation. The question whether the
Rector
asked.
vices had been operated in the "'I haven't got them now," Schil- union represents a majority of the emploFees in Wards' mail order house and
county for the last five or ten years
but expressed the opinion they
have increased "quite a bit" since
Evans has been in office.
"Big Money" Machines
In the last few )'ears. he said,
quarter, half-dollar, and dollar ma-
chines have appeared: formerly
they were five and ten-centers.
Questioned by Mathys, Maske
said there were more taverns and I
accordingly more machines but he
answered "yes," when Rector asked
if there were more machines in
taverns than previously.
Maske said "'the owners say they
have a right to operate, given by
town officials."
The Rev, Raymond H. Ewing,
pastor of the Roberts Congrega-
tional church and one of the six
ministers who suhmitted an affi-
davit in support of the charges,
told of his activity against slot
machines.
He said his 13-year-old son had
gone into a tavern a year ago with
other boys and that the latter had
played slot machines. Ewing .said
that when he questioned the tav-
ernkeeper, his son's story was ad-
mitted. The tavernkeeper said he]
could not prevent the youngsters
from playing them, Ewing testified.
Reports Complaint
"I said I could, so I took them
out into the street and jumped on
them," Ewing added.
The minister said he complained
to the town board June 9, 1943, and
that he machines were removed
although "'they came back in two
weeks." He went to the board
again, and again they were re-
moved.
Ewing said that early this month
he saw boys playing slot machines
in a Baldwin establLshment where
he had gone for supper.
George Vandenberg, clerk of the
village of Baldwin, testified the
village has an ordinance licensing
amusement devices, but not one li-
cering slot machines. He said that
under the ordinance the village
collected in 1943 more than $2,000
in fees at a rate of $7 a month for
each machine. Collections thus
far in 1944 total $546, he said, add-
ing:
"It is generally known in the
community that part of the collec-
tions come from slot machines."
He placed the amount at 90 per
cent of the total. The village po-
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Phone 6166
linger answered.
Fred Bolier, who described him-
self as a farmer, beer distributor
and slot machine operator, testified
he had 14 slot and pinball machines
on location the first of the year.
Asked how many times he has
removed machines, Bolier replied:
"That's hard to say. It's a game
that you take them out and put
them in when things look right."
Both Bolier and Sehillinger said
they had never talked to Sheriff
Evans relative to slot machine op-
erations.
Spencer W. Yates, Glenwood
, City lawyer who was an unsucce-
ful candidate for St. Croix county
district attorney in 1942, was que
tioned by Mathys.
Yates, one of the complaining
witnesses, said he had campaigned
on an anti-slot machine platform.
Through objections, R e c t o r
blocked most of Mathys' questions.
Mathys explained his line of inter-
rogation by saying "I wish to prove
this was started for political pur-
poses," but Commissioner Isaksen
ruled it immaterial.
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Killed in Plane Crash
La Junta, Colo. -- (U.PJ A/C
Myron E. Gross, South Range,
Wis., was one of three fliers killed
yesterday when a twin-motored
training plane crashed into a small
warehouse at the army air base,
setting the wooden building afire
and injuring two of the occupants,
public relations officers announced
today•
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store in Chicago has been pending since November 16, 1943. Wards has repeat-
edly urged a prompt determination of this question, and has publicly announced
a readiness to recocynize the union when proof of its representation is presented.
Although over five months have elapsed since the question arose, the union has
refused to show that it is the majority choice of the employees by either a card
check or an election.
Wards will cant/hue to observe the wages, hours, and related terms of em-
ployment as they were before the expiration of the former contract. Wards has
made no change in any of these conditions since December 8, 1942, and could
not do so under the Wage Stabilization L aw without prior governmental approval.
Your assertion that the strike is inter fering with the distribution of essential
goods is based upon misinformation. On April 13, the United States Post Office,
presumably acting on orders from Washington, removed its seventy employees
from the mail order house. For more than thirty years the post office had main-
tained this department for the purpose of handling parcel post shipments to Wards'
customers. On April 17, the United States Post Office refused to deliver to Wards
incoming parcels from customers on which postage had been fully paid. Despite
the assistance given to the strike by the United States Post Office, Wards' store
has been open for business during the usual hours each day since the strike began
and Wards is up to date in the filling of mail orders.
Although Wards welcomes an early election, Wards cannot, under the law,
grant special privileges to the union pending the election. To grant maintenance
of union membership before the election is held, as the War Labor Board has
ordered, would not only violate the empl oyees' fundamental liberty of free choice
but it would also permit the union to demand the discharge of all the employees
who have resigned from the union since December 8, 1943. Compliance with the
board's order would thus make a mockery of the democratic right of employees
to choose their bargaining representatives freely and without interference.
By ordering the retroactive reinstatement of maintenance of membership, the
War Labor Board has demonstrated its utterly unfair character, and its complete
disregard of the command of Congress that its orders conform to the. National
Labor Relations Act.
Wards' experience with the War Labor Board over a period of two years has
convinced Wards that the board is a means by which special privileges are
granted to labor unions. The union merbers of the War Labor Board are men
chosen for leadership by the unions, and have actually advanced the interests
of the unions. The so-called public members have consistently joined with the
union members to support the demands of organized labor. The so-called indus-
try members are committed to a policy of supporting the majority vote of the union
members and the union-dominated public members.
The War Labor Board has always claimed that its orders are law and must
be obeyed. It has coerced innumerable employers into acceptance of its orders
by threatening the seizure of their businesses.
When Wards brought suit to have the board's orders declared illegal, the
board asked the courts to dismiss the case. IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO ITS
PREVIOUS CLAIMS OF POWER, THE BOARD'S PLEA TO THE COURT WAS
THAT ITS ORDERS WERE NOT "LEGALLY BINING." BUT WERE ONLY
"ADVICE" WHICH WARDS NEED NOT ACCEPT. The purpose of this plea was
to deny Wards a trial before the courts. The issues raised by Ward's case against
the War Labor Board are judicial questions which under the Constitution only
the courts may decide. The War Labor Board, by asking you to force Wards to
comply with its order while seeking to deprive Wards of an opportunity for a
hearing in the courts, has demonstrated its lack of respect for our Constitution
and the fundamental rights which the Constitution guarantees.
Your assertion that, if Wards does not accept your direction, you will take
further action, has been construed by the press to threaten the seizure of Wards'
plant and business.
The Constitution of the United States guarantees to the people the protection
of those fundamental rights without which there can be no liberty. Under the
Constitution, Congress is the sole law-making authority. Neither the President of
the United States nor any other official has the legal right to seize any business
or property either in time of peace or in time of war unless Congress has ex-
pressly given him the power to do so.
Congress has given the President no power to seize the non-war business of
Montgomery Ward. Any seizure of Wards' plant or business would be in com-
plete disregard of the Constitution which the President is sworn to uphold and
defend
Wdrds has violated no law nor denied to the, union any privilege to which
it is legally entitled.
Respectfu//y,
' MONT6OMERY WARD & tO.
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